With permission from El Paso Times Editors
08/08/2008
Ñ NAHJ Year Award to journalist-author of El Paso Times
EL PASO - The National Association of Hispanic Journalists ( NAHJ, for its acronym in English), has just given the journalist Diana Washington Valdez, El Paso Times reporter, the Prize of Journalism Ñ Frank del Olmo of the Year 2008, a spokesman for the nongovernmental organization, in a statement press.
According to the spokesman, the diarist and writer, was chosen "for his tireless work as a journalist, to risk his own integrity to give voice to those who have it, the qualities encouraged by Frank del Olmo. "
" While many of the stories were written about the murders of women in Juarez, your work shows perseverance and consistency, and written in such a way that brought attention to our country, "the spokesman said in the letter sent to Washington to brief him on the award.
The delivery of the medal will be held next September 12 at the annual gala dinner" night of triumph "in the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington DC ( www.nahj.org ).
During her journalistic career, Washington Valdez has published articles on various topics as health, drug, ecology and criminal justice.
also was in charge of coverage of the Mexican border, specifically Juarez to El Paso Times, where he published extensive reports on the number of murders of women in this border, since 1993 and police topics. Is the author of "Harvest of Women: Safari in the Mexican desert," precisely what is behind these hundreds of femicide unclear. # # #
